Browse Exhibits (2 total)

Against the Current: Alice Embree & Student Dissent at UT Austin, 1963-1967

This exhibit focuses on Alice Embree within the climate of student civil rights and anti-war activism at the University of Texas at Austin. The materials presented here illustrate how students used organizations like the Student Interracial Committee (SIC) and Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) to protest against segregation, American intervention in Vietnam, and the policies of the university.

Although students claimed that their protests were nonviolent, administrators and authorities frequently saw their efforts as disruptive or seditious. This exhibit will provide insight into how dissent led to conflicts between students and institutional power structures.

1960s, Alice Embree, Anti-war, Austin, Austin Police Department, Bert Gerding, Campus protest, Civil rights, Desegregation, FBI, Feminism, Social Justice, student activism, student dissent, Surveillance, Texas, university of texas at austin, university of texas police department, UT Austin, vietnam war protests

Accessing Austin: Breaking Barriers In The Capitol City

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Defined by its transformation from a hamlet on the banks of the Colorado River to a global powerhouse, Austin is a city firmly planted in the cultural landscape of Texas, the United States, and the World. This exhibit explores the fight to gain this position and brings light to key players within those discussions.

Credits: Olivia Green, Casey Pack, Dylan Shears

1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, Accessibility, Advocacy, African American, African American storytelling, Almetris Duren, Austin, Co-op, Dormitory, Feminism, Housing, Segregation, UT Austin, Women's Education, Women's Rights